Somkuwar Surname

296,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,286 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Somkuwar Surname User-submission:

The Somkuwar surname derives from the words som, meaning 'moon', and kuwar, meaning 'raja'.

Somkuwar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,2521:612,67229,380
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Qatar91:262,00030,726
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Oman41:921,9937,313
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Somkuwar (15) may also be a first name.

Somkuwar Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Somkuwar surname derives from the words som, meaning 'moon', and kuwar, meaning 'raja'.

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Somkuwar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Somkuwar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Somkuwar (Marathi: सोमकुवर) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Somkuwar? popularity and diffusion

The last name Somkuwar is the 296,572nd most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 5,666,832 people. The last name Somkuwar occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Somkuwar reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Somkuwar is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 15 people.

The last name Somkuwar is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 1,252 people, or 1 in 612,672. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 84 percent reside, Madhya Pradesh, where 6 percent reside and Chhattisgarh, where 1 percent reside. Beside India this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent reside and Qatar, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shomkuwar942/
Somkuewar941/
Somkuvar88369/
Somkubar881/
Shamkuwar82215/
Somkuvare822/
Sahmkuwar821/
Shomkuvar821/
Samkuvar751/
Sumkuvar751/
Shamkuvar711,562/
Saumkuvar711/
Shamkauvar671/
Shamkuvaar671/

Somkuwar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Somkuwar in the Marathi language
सोमकुवरsomakuvara79.2
सोमकुंवरsomakunvara12.81
सोमकूवरsomakuvara2.6
सोमकुsomaku0.74
सोमकुवारsomakuvara0.56
मकुवरmakuvara0.37
सोमकुरsomakura0.19
मकूवरmakuvara0.19
सोमनकरsomanakara0.19
सोमकुवsomakuva0.19
सोनकुवारsonakuvara0.19

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